Manish Sisodia said lives could have been saved if Covid vaccines were given to Indians.
New Delhi:
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today attacked the Centre over the export of coronavirus vaccines, saying a large number of lives could have been saved in India if the doses were given to people in the country first. It s a heinous crime committed by the Central government to sell vaccines to other countries only for its image management at a time when people were dying in our own country, he said.
Citing a report, Mr Sisodia said the Centre sold coronavirus vaccines to 93 countries of which 60 percent had COVID-19 under control, and also where there was no threat of loss of life due to the virus.
As vaccines exported for image building , India saw 1L deaths: Sisodia
As vaccines exported for image building , India saw 1L deaths: Sisodia
Last Updated: Sun, May 9th, 2021, 23:20:19hrs
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday accused the Centre of seeking to buid its image on the international stage with vaccine exports, instead of saving those dying in the country due to Covid.
Claiming that since March, India has exported around 6.5 crore Indian-made vaccines to 93 nations, Sisodia, who is also nodal minister for Covid management in the national capital, said: While the people of the country were dying, struggling for beds, oxygen and medicines across the country, especially during the second wave of Covid pandemic with more than one lakh people having died since March this year, the BJP-led Centre was busy in image development and exporting Indian-made vaccines to foreign countries.
DRDO to set up 5 medical oxygen plants in and around Delhi
May 05, 2021
They are designed for a flow rate of 1,000 litres per minute LPM
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all geared up to set up five medical oxygen plants in the first week of May in and around Delhi. The funding for setting up these plants is being done through PM-Cares Fund. These plants will be installed at AIIMS Trauma Centre, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College and one at AIIMS, Jhajjar in Haryana, according to a Defence Ministry press release on Tuesday. Two of these oxygen plants reached Delhi on Tuesday and are being installed at AIIMS and RML Hospitals respectively.
Watch | Delhi Govt Seeks Army s Help to Tackle COVID-19 Crisis
In the national capital, fresh cases of COVID-19 are being reported on a daily basis even as the city reels under an acute shortage of oxygen in hospitals.
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The Wire updates you on all that is happening as India tackles COVID-19. In the last 24 hours, India reported 382,315 coronavirus cases, while deaths rose by a record 3,780 to 226,188.
Rajasthan on Sunday recorded 18,298 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the death toll to 4,558, while 11,262 patients were discharged from hospital on that day. In the national capital, fresh cases of COVID-19 are being reported on a daily basis even as the city reels under an acute shortage of oxygen in hospitals. Amid such a crisis, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday wrote a letter to defence minister Rajnath Singh seeking Army’s help to fight against COVID-19 in Delhi.
Kejriwal holds meeting to strengthen home isolation system for COVID patients
New Delhi, May 3 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday held a review meeting to further strengthen the home isolation system for COVID positive patients.
Mr Kejriwal held this review meeting of the home isolation system at Delhi Secretariat today to ensure better treatment of the COVID patients. Apart from Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Health), and other senior officials including Divisional Commissioner were also present in the review meeting.
The officials gave the Chief Minister detailed information about the facilities being provided to people undergoing treatment in home isolation and said how they are being looked after well and their health is being monitored every moment.